GARRY EISTER- Works

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THE FATHER OF LIES
a piece of Music Theater in Two Acts
--for Soprano, seven (or so) dancing Devilettes, Actor and Videosculpture
--part 1, THE FATHER OF LIES, was commissioned and premiered by The Coastal Access Musicians Alliance, Andrew Harp and Jennifer Sayers, co-directors, 1994
--Kathy Barata- an angel; Garry Eister- the Devil
--videosculpture by Mark Bryan
--part 2, THE LANDSCAPE OF HELL, was first performed with part 1 at Cuesta College Interact Theater, Anet Carlin, producer; Richard Jackson, designer; Kate Mc Hugh, choreograper

THE BOY AND THE CHOCOLATE
--a very small opera
--for tenor and offstage juvenile voice
--accompanied by alto guitar
--premier performance November 23, 2013
--on the Seventh Avenue Performance Series
--GE played the Old Man; Paula Lerner was the offstage voice
--accompaniment by Giacomo Fiore

BEFORE GOING TO WORK

--a little opera for Mezzo Soprano, mandolin, guitar and arpeggione
--was composed for
Alexandra Grabarchuk and ensembleFRET--who presented the premier performances
--on April 24th, 2018 at the music recital hall at Cal Poly Pomona
--and on April 29th at the UCLA Organ Studio

Alexandra Grabarchuk and ensembleFRET in rehearsal at the UCLA Organ Studio

ORCHESTRAL

AGAIN, LAST NIGHT, I DREAMT OF THE OCEAN
for Strings and Amplified Whistler
--premiered by the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Edwin London, conductor, 1984

Edwin London

RE. EO 9066
-for Mezzo Soprano, Narrator and Orchestra
-Words and music about the internment of 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, many of them American citizens, by the United States Government during WWII.
-Texts based on the experiences of internees during WWII.
-premier performance: June 18th, 2005
-at the San Luis Obispo Performing Arts Center.
-San Luis Obispo Youth Orchestra, Kent Nagano, guest conductor; Jacalyn Kreitzer, mezzo soprano; Andrew Harp, narrator

MUSIC FOR NEW YEAR'S
--for verrophone and orchestra
--was composed for Philipp-Alexander Marguerre.
--It was completed on 4/26/14.
--It was premiered in Cottbus, Germany by the Cottbus State Theater Orchestra, under the direction of Ivo Henschel, Philipp Marguerre, verrophone
-12/31/14 and 1/1/15

IN DECEMBER, WE WAIT, DISTRACTED, ANXIOUS FOR THE SUN, FOR LIGHT AND LONGER DAYS
for solo resonator guitar
--for Larry Delinger
--premiered by GE- 1/13/07 at the Steynberg Gallery
--IN Decemberis available on the album Galloping from Versailles. Visit our "Recordings" page.

I'LL NEVER PLAY LIKE MUNIR BASHIR
for solo mariachi-style vihuela
--completed 10/27/04
--premiered by GE
--7/15/06
--Steynberg Gallery; San Luis Obispo, CA
I'll Never Play Like Munir Bashir is available on the album Galloping from Versailles. Visit our "Recordings" page.

MORNING MUSIC
for solo requinto
--completed 4/16/05
--premiered by James Edwards on 9/23/05
--at La Guitarra California, classical guitar festival
--in San Luis Obispo, CA
--Morning Music is available on the album Galloping from Versailles. Visit our "Recordings" page.

FROM A SMALL ROOM, IN FADING SUNLIGHT
for solo requinto
--premiered by GE, 7/15/06
--Steynberg Gallery; San Luis Obispo, CA
--From a Small Room...
is available on the album Galloping from Versailles. Visit our "Recordings" page.

for Baroque Guitar and Literary Accretions
--three scenes, not from the life of Francesco Corbetta
--nor having much of anything to do with his music
--completed 12/10/05
--first movement, Whose Brighter Sun--premiered by James Edwards on 9/23/05
--at La Guitarra California, classical guitar festival
--in San Luis Obispo, CA
--complete piece premiered by GE, Steynberg Gallery, 12/13/07
Corbetta Nonis available on the album Galloping from Versailles. Visit our "Recordings" page.

TOCCATA
--for solo electric guitar
--premiered 6/24/07
--Union Church of Cupertino
--at A Musical Tribute to Roger Letson
Toccata is available on the album Galloping from Versailles. Visit our "Recordings" page.

note: "Roger's influence on my choice to write music is inestimable.
His early guidance, encouragement and support set me on the road
to my career. TOCCATA is a small token of appreciation for Roger's
great gifts to me, when I was young." GE

Roger Letson and GE at Roger's retirement party 6/24/07

INTO THE OPEN AIR
--two movements for archguitar were composed for guitarist Jon Mendle
--"Moto Perpetuo" was premiered on the San Francisco Performances series
--at the Hotel Rex in San Francisco, CA on 1/23/13
--"As If You Were Alone" was premiered on 8/18/13
--at a Central Coast Guitar Society concert
--a studio video of the piece is available on GE's Music channel on Vimeo

MEDITATIONS ON THE MOTIONS OF WATER
-a solo version of the first movement of the
-guitar quartet of the same name
-premiered by Matt Fish on September 16, 2016
--at Illinois Wesleyan University
--a studio video of the piece is available on GE's Music channel on Vimeo

SLOW MUSIC
-for zhongruan and guitar
-was composed for and premiered by the Oliver Yu Duo
-at The Sound of Dragon music festival on 5/10/14
-in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

STRUM FURIOUSLY
--for guitar and mandolin, was premiered on March 5, 2010
--by Peter Yates and Buzz Gravelle at the Cal Poly Pomona Music Recital Hall

WHOM FOLLOWS WHO
--for two resonator guitars
--one in just intonation, one in standard intonation
--for Gordon Crosse, on the occasion of his 75th birthday
--premiered by GE and Giacomo Fiore at MicroFest, LA, 2013

SLEEP ANOTHER NIGHT for mandolin, guitar and arpeggione
--was composed for the ensembleFRET
--and premiered at the Silverlake Lounge, in LA, CA on 4/19/14

MUSIC FOR INSTRUMENTS MADE OF GLASS

QUINTET FOR GLASS AND STRINGS
for Glass Armonica and String Quartet
-- for Dennis James
--commissioned by the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival
--first performance- Summer of '98 at the SLO Moz. Fest.
--recorded in Fall of '99 by Dennis James and the Emerson String Quartet for Sony Classical

FANTASIA ON A SONG BY CHOPIN: SORROW
--for glass harp, flute, oboe, viola and cello
--was premiered by Anna and Arek Szafraniec. The Glass Duo--on Friday, June 11th at the Chopin Open Festival, in Warsaw, Poland

THIS IS NOT A BUDDHIST PRAYER
--for verrophone and Himalayan singing bowls
--was premiered by Philipp-Alexander Marguerre and Sascha Reckert
--at the Johanneshaus Oeschelbronn in Pforzheim, Germany
--on September 4th, 2010

GRAZIOSOAMENTE
--for verrophone and bassoon
--was composed for Mary Ann and Philipp-Alexander Marguerre
--on the occasion of their wedding, 12/23/10

SONGS

FOLK PEOPLE- songs inspired by American folk genres
Johnny and Polly/The Lark in the Morning
Pretty Little Horses
The Prisoner
The Hearty Bounty
Cody's Calf
From the Autobiography of Mother Jones--for just intonation resonator guitar and tenor
--text by GE

THREE SACRED SONGS
a studio song for Baritone and electronic instruments
--first recorded by Hector Vasquez for"The Pictures In My Head Radio Theater" I. Quem Ad Modum mp3 (3 mb)
II. From Above, He has Sent a Fire
III. My Heart and my Flesh Waste Away

LULLABY
a studio song for Soprano and electronic instruments
--first recorded by Kathy Barata for "The Pictures In My Head Radio Theater"

VIDEO

THE SONG OF THE SKY AT SEA, for tenor and resonator guitar, performed by GE

TOCCATA for electric guitar, performed by Mark Simons

SLAM! for verrophone and piano, performance by Philipp-Alexander Marguerre

THIS IS NOT A BUDDHIST PRAYER for glass harp, performance by The Glass Duo

QUARTET #3 for plucked strings, performed by ensembleFRET

MEDITATIONS ON THE MOTIONS OF WATER for solo guitar, performance by Matthew Fish

SLEEP ANOTHER NIGHT for Mandolin, Guitar and Arpeggione, performance by ensembleFRET

INTO THE OPEN AIR for archguitar, performance by Jon Mendle

FROM EMPTINESS for voice, guitar, glass and percussion, performance by GE

the GOD GUY HAS A VISION OF HEAVEN
-a man who claims to have been one of God's personal advisors wonders why he's not in Heaven anymore. We see him write his recollections of God, the Creation, Heaven, the nature of Death and so on.
-written and directed by GE; featuring Billy Breed (15'18")

FIVE MEDITATIONS FOR PETER YATES -five brief story-less sequences of things seen for the sake of looking
-includes landscapes and cloudscapes; an intimate look at a snail: air, rail and car travel; a brief song and the moon; sowbugs and wasps (12 min. 23 sec.)

A MOVING PICTURE BOOK OF ARTISTS -a set of short movies, produced and directed by GE, which showcase artists and their works

TIMO'S FACE
-a short documentary showing artist Timo Beckwith, at work making a mask (14 min. 11 sec.)
-premiered at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, March 9th, 2014

CONVERGENCE, a video reading of a painting by the same name by artist Lori Wolf Grillias (5 min 59 sec.)

DRAMATIC WORKS

(non-musical)

THE GOD GUY SPEAKS
a Dramatic Monologue
--performed by Bruce Jones in the secured waiting area of the San Luis Obispo County Airport
--performed by Robert Moore at the now defunct Theater of Many Windows in Seattle
--performed by Charles Legget at the Willows Theater, Concord, CA and the Lincoln Theater in Stockton, CA
--performed by Garry Eister at the Art Works Gallery in Los Osos, CA and Linnea's Cafe in San Luis Obispo, CA and on The Pictures In My Head Radio Theater

SANTA OVER AUSCHWITZ
a Dramatic Monologue
-- performed by Robert Moore at the Seattle Public Theater
--performed by Garry Eister on The Pictures In My Head Radio Theater

THE INSOMNIAC
Radio Theater
--performed by Garry Eister and Mary Lockwood on The Pictures In My Head Radio Theater

The INSOMNIAC II; Love Song, Baby
-- a "live" performance piece for videosculpture, and pre-recorded tapes based on the radio theater character, "The Insomniac."

THE SCREAMING BUNNY
a Performance Piece for Actor and Videosculpture
--part one performed by Garry Eister at Linnea's Cafe in San Luis Obispo, CA, Ed Claudio's Actor's Workshop in Sacramento, CA, and August Editions Gallery in
SLO, CA.- Halloween, '99; part 2 premiered on Halloween, '00, part 3 premiered on June 23rd, '01 at the now defunct August Editions Gallery in SLO.
-- see IKONS from the Temple of the Hee Hee